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Substitute House Bill No. 6733
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danger, frequency and sources of lead poisoning and methods of preventing such poisoning; (2) The commissioner shall establish an early diagnosis program to detect cases of lead poisoning. Such program shall include, but not be limited to, the routine examination of children under the age of six in accordance with protocols promulgated by the National Centers for Disease Control. Results equal to or greater than the levels specified in section 19a-110, as amended by this act, from any examination pursuant to sections 19a-110 to 19a-111c, inclusive, as amended by this act, shall be provided to the child's parent or legal guardian, the local director of health and the commissioner; and (3) The commissioner shall establish a program for the detection of sources of lead poisoning. Within available appropriations, such program shall include the identification of dwellings in which paint, plaster or other accessible substances contain toxic levels of lead and the inspection of areas surrounding such dwellings for lead-containing materials. Any person who detects a toxic level of lead, as defined by the commissioner, shall report such findings to the commissioner. The commissioner shall inform all interested parties, including but not limited to, the owner of the building, the occupants of the building, enforcement officials and other necessary parties. Sec. 34. Section 19a-111c of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2023): (a) The owner of any dwelling in which the paint, plaster or other material is found to contain toxic levels of lead and in which children under the age of six reside, shall [abate, remediate or manage such dangerous] remediate such toxic levels of lead through testing, abatement or management of such materials consistent with regulations adopted pursuant to this section. The Commissioner of Public Health shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to establish